Lap me in soft Lydian airs,
Married to immortal verse,
Such as the meeting soul may pierce,
In notes, with many a winding bout
Of linked sweetness long drawn out.
- L'Allegro (l. 136) [Poetry]

Untwisting all the chains that tie the hidden soul of harmony.
- L'Allegro (l. 143) [Music]

Zephyr, with Aurora playing
As he met her once a-Maying.
- L'Allegro (l. 19) [Aurora]

Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee
Jest, and youthful Jollity,
Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles,
Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles,
Such as hand on Hebe's cheek,
And love to live in dimple sleek;
Sport that wrinkled Care derides,
And Laughter holding both his sides.
- L'Allegro (l. 25) [Laughter]